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However, to the players and coaches, the non-Ivy tilts aren’t meaningless, and pride is high stakes. The emotional toll on the Crimson of the last-minute loss at Holy Cross in the season opener—the undefeated season, the perfection of ’01 and ’04, gone in the flash of a Dominic Randolph deep ball—is impossible to predict. It’s a sensation that no one on the team has felt before in his collegiate career, having a midseason winning percentage...
...Unfortunately, we didn’t perform up to that standard,” junior cornerback Andrew Berry says. “By no means do we think that our performance against Holy Cross is characteristic of the best effort we can put forth. We’re trying to put that behind us. We want to be the strength of this team. We really think...
Still, the loss of Berg doesn’t mean the line is in trouble. Returning tackles Curtis and classmate Carl Ehrlich—who missed the Holy Cross game due to a mild ankle injury but should be ready to go for the remainder of the season—should be able to come together to hold down the fort. They’ll get additional help from senior Matt Drazba beginning in Week 4, when he’s slated to return from an offseason ankle sprain...
...biggest things is that we have a lot of experience coming back,” Curtis says. “We’re not starting a lot of guys that we didn’t last year. With the loss [to Holy Cross] with an experienced group, we know the defense, we know what we did wrong. Now it’s just a matter of adjusting, fixing those schematic problems...
...safeties Doug Hewlitt and John Hopkins also provide critical experience to the Crimson’s last line of defense. Linebackers Through one week, junior Glenn Dorris (right) looks poised to have a breakout year, earning the Crimson’s only sack and its only interception at Holy Cross. He’s joined in the middle of the field by fellow junior Eric Schultz, Harvard’s leading tackler a year ago, and new starter Matthew Thomas, who takes over on the weak side for former captain Ryan Tully ’07. Special Teams Though...